Swedish noun

en not

note/ˈnuːt/

Meaning

note

In Swedish: skriven kommentar till en text

Forms

Forms of not
Singular, indefiniteen not
Singular, definitenoten
Plural, indefinitenoter
Plural, definitenoterna

not is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor not, den stora noten. Check another noun

Practise not

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Is it en not or ett not?

not in a sentence

  • en skarp not
    a sharp note
  • spela efter noter
    play from music

Expressions

  • vara med på noterna
    to catch on, fall in with

Words built with not

  • fotnot footnote
  • nottecken note, reference mark

Questions

What does not mean in English?

not means “note”.

Is it en not or ett not?

It is en not, and “the note” is noten.

What is the plural of not?

The plural of not is noter, and the definite plural is noterna.

Origin

From Old French note (noun), noter (verb), both from Latin nota.

Nearby common words

not is number 5,256 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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